3/8/2023 - Two IESE graduate students, Edelmy Marin Bernardez and David Arnot, were
selected for the 2023 State University of New York (SUNY) Graduate Research Empowering
and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) award. You can read more about the award and awardees
here.
12/16/2022 - Congratulations, Patrick West, Ph.D., our newest alum, pictured here
at graduation with Dr. E and Dr. M.
12/2022 - We'd like to congratulate Edelmy Marin Bernardez, Ph.D. student, on her
United States citizenship. We are proud to celebrate you, Edelmy!
7/14/2022 - IESE Scientist Collaborator Dr. David Bock was named as an honoree in
Stony Brook University's 2021 40 Under Forty award. The semi-annual award recognizes
outstanding achievement by graduates of the University in various fields including
Science & Engineering, Healthcare, Education, and Civil Service & Activism. Dr. Bock
and the other awardees will be recognized at a reception dinner in New York City in
September. You can read more about the 40 Under Forty award here.
5/24/2022 - Institute postdoctoral researcher Dr. Calvin Quilty has been selected
as a recipient of the Stony Brook University Presidential Postdoctoral Extension Award.
More information about the Presidential Dissertation Completion and Extension awards
can be found here.
5/20/2022 - 6 IESE graduate students successfully defended their theses this semester
to receive their PhDs, congratulations to Drs. Diana Lutz, Chris Tang, Mikaela Dunkin,
Alison McCarthy, Genesis Renderos, and Wenzao Li!
4/4/2022 - IESE graduate students David Arnot and Edelmy Marin Bernardez have been
selected as winners in the 2021-22 National Science Foundation's Graduate Research
Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)! You can read more about the NSF GRFP here.
2/14/2022 - Congratulations to Institute alum Altug Poyraz for recieving his United
States citizenship! Dr. Poyraz received his PhD from the University of Connecticut
in 2015 and was a postdoctoral researcher in IESE from 2015 to 2017. In 2017, he became
an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Kennesaw State University where he remained
until the end of 2021. Earlier this year, he accepted a position at Intel Corporation.
Congratulations Dr. Poyraz!
1/24/2022 - The 2022 National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences has been
awarded to Prof. Esther Takeuchi for her breakthrough contributions to the materials
and mechanistic understanding relevant to electrochemical energy storage, using chemical
insight to address issues of critical importance. Congratulations on this prestigious
achievement! You can read more about the NAS Award here. Additional press coverage by Innovate Long Island can be found here.
Congratulations to Alison McCarthy for winning a Best Poster Award at the MRS Fall
2021 Conference! She presented her work published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
(paper link).
Congratulations to Dr E for being the 2020 recipient of the Edward Goodrich Acheson
Award presented by the Electrochemical Society! She will be giving an address at the
240th ECS Meeting (free registration) on Thursday, Oct 14th 2021. To learn more about the award, click
here.
The Institute for Energy Sustainability and Equity, founded by Dr Esther Takeuchi
in 2020 at Stony Brook University, has received a $2.2 million grant from the Department
of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Office of Renewable Energy/Vehicles Technology.
The institute will involve researchers from Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National
Laboratory (shown below), and Brown University. To learn more about the exciting research
happening at the institute, click here! (August 2021)
Congratulations to Edelmy for becoming a Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)
Doctoral Fellow! To learn more about this honor, click here. (Aug 2021)
Our recent Zn aqueous battery research was highlighted by WSHU, a local NPR network,
in a segment titled "We Need Better Batteries to Slow Climate Change. Long Island
Researchers May Have Found Them." Check it out here!
Our group's recent research, led by those shown below, on Zn aqueous batteries which
utilized advanced synchrotron data from the National Synchrotron Light Source-II was
highlighted by both Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University. You
can read more about the research here. (June 2021)
Mikaela Dunkin is the 2021 recipient of the Renate W. Chasman Award presented by Brookhaven
National Laboratory Women in Science (WIS). Below is a screenshot from her presentation
held June 29, 2021. Congrats Mikaela! Read more about the award and Mikaela here. (May-June 2021)
Dr. Esther Takeuchi spoke about medical batteries during "The Magic of Energy" episode
on The Pulse podcast hosted by WHYY. Tune in at ~36:30 for her segement! (May 2021)
In honor of Women's History Month, the DOE's Energy Storage Grand Challenge highlighted
key women, such as Dr Amy Marschilok, at national laboratories working on energy
storage. Read more here! (April 2021)
Congratulations to Dr Esther Takeuchi for being elected to the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences! To learn more, click here or read more by SBU news (April 2021)
Killian Tallman was named the recipient of the 2021 Chemistry Department Maria Tzamarioudaki
Memorial Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student--Congratulations Killian! (April 2021)
Dr. Esther Takeuchi and Lisa Housel were highlighted in an article by the Electrochemical
Society (ECS) titled "ECS Celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science"--check it out here!
Congratulations to Killian for successfully defending his dissertation! (Feb 2021)
Congratulations to Tyler and Chris K. on passing their first meetings and advancing
to candidacy! (Nov-Dec 2020)
Congratulations to Patrick for receiving an Outstanding Teaching Award from the Materials
Science & Engineering Department (Dec 2020)!
Congratulations to Killian for receiving 4th place prize in the NY-BEST 2020 Energy
Storage Technology and Innovation Conference Student Poster session! (December 2020)
Edelmy Marin Bernardez was named a recipient of the Dr. W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship.
Congratulations to Edelmy! You can learn more about the fellowship here. (Aug 2020)
We are welcoming 2 new graduate students, Edelmy and Cynthia, to the group! (Aug 2020)
Congratulations to Lisa and Alyson for successfully defending their dissertations!
(May 2020)
Lisa Housel was named the recipient of the 2020 Energy Technology Division Graduate
Student Award sponsored by Bio-Logic by the Electrochemical Society. To read more
about the award, click here. To read Lisa's talk abstract, click here. Congratulations Lisa! (May 2020)
Lisa Housel was named a recipient of the Chemistry Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student, and Alyson Abraham received the Chemistry
Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research from the Chemistry Department at SBU. Congratulations
to you both! (April 2020)
Genesis Renderos was named a 2020-2021 Turner Dissertation Fellow. Congratulations
to Genesis! You can learn more about the fellowship here.
Dr. Esther Takeuchi contributed to a C&EN article in the Nov 18, 2019 issue titled
"Peeking inside energy devices," which discusses new in-situ and operando techniques
for analyzing battery systems. Our group's use of EDXRD (energy dispersive X-ray diffraction)
is highlighted via this paper. Check it out here!
Congratulations to Patrick and Mikaela for receiving Outstanding Teaching Awards from
the Materials Science & Engineering Department (Dec 2019)!
Congratulations to Gurpreet, Mallory, and Nahian on passing their first meetings and
advancing to candidacy! (Nov-Dec 2019)
Dr. Esther Takeuchi received the Sigma Xi Walston Chubb Award for Innovation, Congratulations
Dr. E! Read more about the award here and her interview with American Scientist here. (Nov 2019)
Alison, Mikaela, and Chris T. all passed their prelimary meeting and are now Ph.D. candidates. Congratseveryone! (Summer 2019)
We are welcoming 3 new graduate students to our lab: Chris, Tyler, and Jason! (Aug
2019)
Dr. David Bock was promoted to Associate Scientist at Brookhaven National Lab, Congrats
Dave! (2019)
Killian and Dr. David Bock presented at the EFRC Principal Investigator's meeting
in Washington, D.C., along with Calvin, Lisa, and Lei. Great job everyone!
m2M/t Director and SUNY Distinguished Professor, Esther Takeuchi, received an honorary
degree from Notre Dame University and was invited to give the main address at the
Notre Dame University Graduate School Commencement ceremony on May 18, 2019. You can
view her address here.
Andrea Bruck and Bingjie Zhang defended their Ph.D. thesis! (May 2019)
Graduate students, Diana Lutz and Chris Tang, received the National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship for the 2019 award cycle. See story here.
Lei Wang accepted a position as an Assistant Scientist at Brookhaven National Lab,
Congrats Lei! (Dec 2018)
Calvin, Diana, Genesis, and Wenzao all passed their first meeting and are now Ph.D.
candidates. Congrats everyone! (Nov-Dec 2018)
We are welcoming 5 new graduate students to our lab: Patrick, Daren, Nahian, Gurpreet,
Mallory! (June-Aug 2018)
Dr. Esther Takeuchi won the 2018 European Inventor Award in the category “Non-EPO countries.” The European
Patent Office (EPO) announced the winners of its 2018 innovation prize at a ceremony
in Paris on June 7. Out of four U.S. scientists nominated for the award, she is the
only American to bring home Europe’s most prestigious prize of innovation. Read more
here.
Graduate student, Bingjie Zhang, received the 14th Annual Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship.
See story here.
Our group collaborator, Dr. Yimei Zhu, at Brookhaven National lab was awarded 2018
Distinguished Scientist Award from the Microscopy Center of America. Congratulations,
we are always delighted to work with you and your group! See story here.
Luke Holtzman, an undergraduate BNL-SULI student with us in summer 2017, was named
a 2018 Goldwater Scholar, Congrats Luke! See the article by SUNY Geneseo here! (April 2018)
Dr. Esther Takeuchi was featured in an article by ECS celebrating women in science
and addressing barriers that are continually being broken by pioneering women in a
variety of scientific fields. Read more here.
Qing Zhang has accepted a position as a Postdoctoral Associate at Kostas Research
Institute, LLC (KRI) of Northeastern University, Congrats Qing! (Feb 2018)
Invited paper “Investigation of α-MnO2 Tunneled Structures as Model Cation Hosts for Energy Storage” was published in the
journal Accounts of Chemical Research (Feb 2018) (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.7b0047
Mercedes-Benz Research Development North America to Support Advanced Power Sources
Lab at Stony Brook University (Feb 2018)(Read the full article from SBU here!)
Paper “Synthesis and Characterization of CuFe2O4 Nano/sub-micron Wires-Carbon Nanotube Composites as Binder-free Anodes for Li-ion
Batteries” was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces! (Feb 2018) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.8b00244
Paul Smith accepted an Assistant Professorship at Valparaiso University, Congrats
Paul! (Dec 2017)
We are welcoming a new graduate student to our lab, welcome Mikaela! (Dec 2017)
Paper “Unveiling the Structural Evolution of Ag1.2Mn8O16 under Coulombically Controlled (De)Lithiation” was published in Chemistry of Materials! (Dec 2017)
Killian passed his first meeting and is now a Ph.D. candidate, Congrats Killian! (Dec
2017)
Paper “Deliberately Designed Atomic-Level Silver-Containing Interface Results in Improved
Rate Capability and Utilization of Silver Hollandite for Lithium-Ion Storage” was
published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces! (Dec 2017) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.7b12307
Andrea Bruck wrote a feature article for the EFRC newsletter!
Paper “Deliberate modification of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) during lithiation
of magnetite, Fe3O4: impact on electrochemistry” was published in Chemical Communications! (Nov 2017) pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlehtml/2017/cc/c7cc07142f
We are welcoming a new graduate student to our lab, welcome Wenzao! (Oct 2017)
YueRu Li accepted a position as a Research Scientist at BETTERGY CORP., Congrats YueRu!
(Sept 2017)
Yiman Zhang accepted a position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Congrats Yiman! (Aug 2017)
We are welcoming 5 new graduate students to our lab: Calvin, Diana, Ali, Chris, and
Genesis! (Aug 2017)
Qing Zhang and Yiman Zhang defended their Ph.D. thesis! (Aug 2017)
Paper “Hybrid Ag2VO2PO4/CFx as a High Capacity and Energy Cathode for Primary Batteries” was published by the Journal of The Electrochemical Society! (Aug 2017)
Paper “Zerovalent Copper Intercalated Birnessite as a Cathode for Lithium Ion Batteries:
Extending Cycle Life” was published by the Journal of The Electrochemical Society! (July 2017)
Paper “Size dependent behavior of Fe3O4 crystals during electrochemical (de)lithiation: an in situ X-ray diffraction, ex
situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and theoretical
investigation” published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics! (July 2017)
Andrea Bruck received the American Crystallography Association Etter Student Lecturer
award, Congrats Andrea! (June 2017)
We are welcoming three undergraduate REU students to lab for the summer, we are excited
to work you: Julia, Hannah, and Luke! (June 2017)
Yue Ru Li and Christina Cama defended their Ph.D. thesis! (June 2017)
Paper “Lithium Vanadium Oxide (Li1.1V3O8) Coated with Amorphous Lithium Phosphorous Oxynitride (LiPON): Role of Material Morphology
and Interfacial Structure on Resulting Electrochemistry” was published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society! (May 2017)
Paper “Visualization of structural evolution and phase distribution of a lithium vanadium
oxide (Li1.1V3O8) electrode via an operando and in situ energy dispersive X-ray diffraction technique”
was published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics! (May 2017)
Paper “Operando Synchrotron XRD Investigation of Silver Metal Formation upon Electrochemical
Reduction of Silver Iron Pyrophosphate (Ag7Fe3(P2O7)4)” was published in Journal of Physical Chemistry C! (April 2017)
Paper “Synthetic Control of Crystallite Size of Silver Vanadium Phosphorous Oxide
(Ag0.50VOPO4·1.9H2O): Impact on Electrochemistry” was published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society! (April 2017) http://jes.ecsdl.org/content/164/6/A1213.short
Paper “Probing Titanium Disulfide-Sulfur Composite Materials for Li-S Batteries via
In Situ X-ray Diffraction (XRD)” was published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society! (March 2017)
Christina Cama accepted an Assistant Professorship at St. Cloud State University,
Congrats Christina! (March 2017)
Paper “Holy Grails in Chemistry: Investigating and Understanding Fast Electron/Cation
Coupled Transport within Inorganic Ionic Matrices” published as part of the Accounts of Chemical Research special issue “Holy Grails in Chemistry”. (March 2017)
Paper “Magnesium-ion battery-relevant electrochemistry of MgMn2O4: crystallite size effects and the notable role of electrolyte water content” published
by Chemical Communications! (March 2017) pubs.rsc.org/-/content/articlehtml/2017/cc/c7cc00265c
Paper “Probing the Li Insertion Mechanism of ZnFe2O4 in Li-Ion Batteries: A Combined X-Ray Diffraction, Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine
Structure, and Density Functional Theory Study” was published in Chemistry of Materials! (Feb 2017)
Paper “Investigation of Structural Evolution of Li1.1V3O8 by In Situ X-ray Diffraction and Density Functional Theory Calculations” was published
in Chemistry of Materials! (Feb 2017)
the Ag+ Content within the Tunnels and on the Exposed Surfaces of α-MnO2 Nanowires: Impact on Impedance and Electrochemistry,” “The Electrochemistry of Fe3O4/Polypyrrole Composite Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Cells: The Role of Polypyrrole in
Capacity Retention”! (Jan 2017)
